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MSNBC: GOP 'In Tiny Intellectual Space' 'Incapable of Caring'
January 28th, 2018 5:58 PM
On Saturday's AM Joy on MSNBC, fellow left-wing MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell joined Joy Reid so the two could fret over the Democratic reaction to the deal that reopened the federal government. After beginning their discussion by lamenting that some Democrats are criticizing their leadership over the deal -- oddly claiming that Republicans "never" criticize each other -- O'Donnell…
Another Petulant Anti-Trump ‘Fact Check’ From the NY Times
January 28th, 2018 5:25 PM
Continuing its newly rediscovered fascination with fact-checking, in remission during the eight years of Obama, the New York Times’ Linda Qiu (hired during the Trump era) delivered yet another overheated fact-check of a Trump speech, this one delivered at the World economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland: “Where the Speech Veered From the Truth.” Qiu on Saturday evaluated seven statements (cut to…
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Press Still Shielding Dems From Their Crummy Tax-Cut Bonus Comments
January 28th, 2018 3:42 PM
On January 11, Nancy Pelosi slammed as "crumbs" the wage increases and bonuses well over 100 companies had announced at that point after the new tax law's passage in December. Thursday, she went to the same well more stridently. The establishment press, including the Associated Press, still won't report Pelosi's and others' similar comments, because they know how toxic they are.
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ABC Panel Fawns Over Joe Kennedy Delivering Dem Response to SOTU
January 28th, 2018 12:51 PM
After beginning the morning by dismissing President Trump’s first official State of the Union address as an event that would be quickly forgotten, the stacked liberal panel on ABC’s This Week was overjoyed that the Democrats had selected Congressman Joe Kennedy III (D-Mass.) to give the party’s response. They were excited about his good looks and his “moral voice,” because if the Kennedys are…
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ABC/NBC Set the Stage for Media to Quickly Forget State of the Union
January 28th, 2018 10:03 AM
With President Trump set to address the nation during the State of the Union on Tuesday, the White House billed the theme of speech as “building a safe, strong, and proud America.” But during some of the network morning shows on Sunday, journalists appeared eager to get past the address and forget about it, maybe even as soon as “Wednesday afternoon,” as one guessed.
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USA Today, Before Trump's Davos Speech: He 'May' Face 'An Empty Room'
January 27th, 2018 11:02 PM
On Thursday, USA Today headlined the possibility, with an accompanying video, that President Donald Trump might "be giving a speech to a empty room in Davos" on Friday. It didn't work out that way.
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Maher Jokes About Melania Killing Trump, Likens ICE to 'Gestapo'
January 27th, 2018 10:03 PM
On Friday's Real Time show on HBO, host Bill Maher made a number of incendiary attacks on President Donald Trump and other right-leaning figures and entities as he called EPA head Scott Pruitt an "eco-terrorist," likened the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency to the "Gestapo," and cracked that First Lady Melania Trump visited the Holocaust Museum to "cheer up" after news broke that her…
Univision difama reforma contributiva de Trump
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January 27th, 2018 8:20 PM
Con el pasar de los años, la división de noticias de Univision ha dejado sus sesgos bien claros- y ha dejado ver que tales sesgos van mucho más allá del tema migratorio. En esta instancia particular, vemos la manera en que la cadena tergiversa la reforma contributiva recién firmada por el presidente Donald Trump:
Univision Smears Trump Tax Cuts
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January 27th, 2018 6:45 PM
Throughout the years, Univision's news division has made its biases very clear, and those biases extend far beyond immigration. In this particular instance, we see how the network smears the tax reform bill recently signed by President Donald Trump.
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By Lemon’s Twisted Logic, Should We Blame MSNBC for Scalise Shooting?
January 27th, 2018 4:00 PM
The headline was everywhere. Here’s just one from right here at NewsBusters: "Don Lemon Blames Donald Trump for Death Threats Made to CNN Employees."
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[UPDATED' ABC, NBC Ignore Hillary Clinton Covering for Sex Harasser
January 26th, 2018 9:33 PM
On Friday, the CBS Evening News was the only one of the three broadcast network evening newscasts that informed viewers of revelations that Hillary Clinton in 2008 allowed an advisor, Burns Strider, accused of sexual harassment to remain a part of her campaign -- thus demonstrating another example of hypocrisy by the former Democratic candidate.
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FBN's Maria Bartiromo to Union Official: 'I Cannot Have You Spew Lies'
January 26th, 2018 9:22 PM
Friday, Fox Business's Maria Bartiromo interviewed Philip Jennings, General Secretary of the UNI Global Union, as he took a break from supposedly helping the downtrodden by attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Jennings whined that unions can't organize in America because of government and employer obstruction, and brought the host to a boil when he falsely claimed that 62…
NYT's ‘Hard-Line’ Bias in Favor of Dreamers vs. 'Draconian' Trump
January 26th, 2018 7:39 PM
On no issue is the paper’s bias more obvious than on illegal immigration, and it showed in both the tone and terminology used regarding President Trump’s latest offer in the fight over Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA. The front of Friday’s New York Times showcased Michael Shear and Sheryl Gay Stolberg’s “Immigration Offer: Citizenship and Stern Tactics.”
No Shocker at All: CNN Named Most Polarizing Media Brand of 2018
January 26th, 2018 5:22 PM
At first glance, it might seem that the mostly conservative Fox News Channel would be considered more politically divisive than such liberal cable networks as MSNBC and CNN. However, that’s not what the Morning Consult polling firm found when the organization surveyed 336,370 Americans over the previous three months to determine which brands divide Democrats and Republicans the most.